Example sentences of "you could n't see the " in BNC.

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1 You could n't see the card until you unfolded the handkerchief and now Wexford looked at it for the first time .
2 This had now been soldered to the main building so well that you could n't see the join .
3 Working out the visibility was easier as we did have guidelines here — a tree on the other side of the airfield was at 1,000 yards , a distant farmhouse 2 miles , and if you could n't see the briefing room it was foggy .
4 You could n't see the trains but you could hear them .
5 And the brown part was n't the earth , but thousands and thousands of baby gulls , packed so tight you could n't see the grass under them !
6 to do erm wallpaper and we , we loved and wallpaper and you , is there , you could n't see the book anywhere , er probably in London you could , but erm round here you could n't , but they had the book down here .
7 It was warm in the city , but you could n't see the sun ; it hung somewhere behind a sky pale as a cataract .
8 You could n't see the signposts .
9 Although you could n't see the greengrocer 's feet because of the apron .
10 The organ pipes are in the middle of the chancel and you could n't see the east window at the .
11 Cos it was only on the telephones , you could n't see the !
12 Back there you could n't see the road up there .
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